5 things to know this Heat Pump Week
We’re proud to be one of the founding partners of the first ever Heat Pump Week – which starts on the 23rd September. To celebrate, we’ve pulled together five of our favourite articles that explain how incredible heat pumps are.
Heat pumps can lower your energy bills
Heat pumps run off electricity, which is currently more expensive per unit than gas. However, because they are so efficient, switching to a heat pump will likely lower your energy bills, particularly if your boiler is getting old.
In this article, we compare how much it costs to run a heat pump with gas, oil and LPG boilers, in a typical 3 bedroom home. Spoiler – you could see savings of £300 or more a year.
With a £7,500 grant available to most homes that swap their fossil fuel heating for a heat pump, installation needn’t cost much more than a traditional boiler either.
Heat pumps cut your carbon footprint
Switching to a renewable, low carbon air source heat pump is one of the biggest actions you can take to reduce your contribution to climate change. It could cut your home’s carbon footprint by a whopping 65% compared with using gas!
Using a small amount of electricity, heat pumps capture heat energy from the air and transfer it to your home’s radiators and hot water tank. Whether that electricity comes from household solar panels, a 100% renewable electricity tariff, or the standard UK fuel mix – moving away from fossil fuels for heating is a great way to be kinder to the planet.
Heat pumps are highly efficient
Heat pumps are an incredibly efficient technology when they are designed and installed correctly. The ones we install have a proven average efficiency of 340% – this is a year round figure that represents the fact that people use more heat energy in the colder winter months.
But what does this mean? It means that for every unit of electricity heat pumps draw from the grid, they provide 3.4 units of heat energy to your radiators and hot water tank – keeping you warm and cosy all year round.
Heat pump installation needn’t disrupt your home
It is natural to worry about the impact a home-improvement project might have on family life. When you get a Good Energy heat pump, a team of three will work in your home for 3-7 days, depending on the complexity of your installation.
We aim to remove your old hot water tank and install your new one within the same day. That means no days without hot water and access to your immersion heating if you need it while the rest of the work takes place.
Heat pumps aren’t noisy
At Good Energy, we only install ultra quiet heat pumps. When they’re running at full blast, they’re about as noisy as the humming of a fridge – and are actually quieter than most boilers.
It’s good to remember that your heat pump will be on the most during the winter months, when you aren’t spending time in your garden. In the summer months, they generally only provide heat for your hot water tank, leaving long spells with no noise at all.
